For over a decade, technical death metal veterans Pyscroptic have been considered among Australia’s greatest metal bands. Despite hailing from the remote and often overlooked state of Tasmania, the band has enjoyed significant international success …

Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metal band, Opeth, recently took part in an interview with Spaziorock.it, covering topics including the journey from the 2008 release Watershed, to the recently released Pale Communion, …

Featured below is a live performance of ‘Ob(Servant)’ by this week’s AMPED Band of the Week, Psycroptic. ‘Ob(Servant)’ is taken from Psycroptic’s 2008 album of the same name. The band’s technical prowess was brought to …

Tim ‘Rawbiz’ Williams, one-time bassist for Venice Beach, California’s Suicidal Tendencies has passed away, aged 30. The band announced the sad news via their Facebook page today, although no cause of death has been given …

While sales of music-based games are still on the decline given that the Guitar Hero bubble has well and truly burst and the Rock Band franchise has been all but abandoned, Ubisoft’s Rocksmith guitar training …

Slayer’s fans are extremely anxious and excited for the band’s new album as over the past few years, the record has suffered various setbacks. Jeff Hanneman’s untimely passing in 2011 was a massive blow to …

Featured below is the official video to ‘Alpha Breed,’ by this week’s AMPED Band of the Week, Psycroptic. ‘Alpha Breed’ is taken from Psycroptic’s third studio album, ‘Sym­bols of Fail­ure,’ which was released in 2006. …

Featured below is the track ‘Carriers Of The Plague,’ by this week’s AMPED Band of the Week, Psycroptic. ‘Carriers Of The Plague’ is taken from Psycroptic’s most recent album, ‘The Inherited Repression.’ Released in 2012, …